The United States announced it was lifting its ban on refugees from 11 "high-risk" countries, but says those seeking to enter the US would come under much tougher scrutiny than in the past.

A map showing paths taken by users of an exercise tracking app reveals potentially sensitive information about

US President Donald Trump took credit for a decline in the African-American unemployment rate again, this time by taking aim at rapper and businessman Jay-Z following his comments on CNN Saturday night, reports CNN tonight.

United States police says three men and two women have been found dead in a shooting at a Pennsylvania car wash.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will send his Syria peace negotiator to a conference in Russia next week, a

Mounting concerns about the possibility of a nuclear war, along with US President Donald Trump's "unpredictability" have pushed the symbolic "Doomsday Clock" to two minutes before midnight, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists said Thursday.

US President Donald Trump's administration has unveiled a sweeping new immigration plan to Congress that offers 1.8 million young

President Donald Trump yesterday reached out to the global business elite and foreign governments in Davos with a sales pitch extolling America's appeal, but attracted boos for attacking the media.

Disgraced former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison on Wednesday after a week of raw emotional testimony by scores of women he sexually abused for years under the guise of medical treatment.

A Brazilian appeals court Wednesday upheld ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's conviction for corruption, dealing a body blow to his hopes of running for re-election this year.

Tensions between Ankara and Washington over the Turkish army's operation in Syria escalated further yesterday as Turkey accused the White House of misrepresenting a phone call between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump yesterday insisted that Palestinians had "disrespected" the United States and threatened to withhold aid worth hundreds of millions of dollars until they agree to US-brokered peace talks.

President Donald Trump declared he’s “looking forward” to being questioned — under oath — in the special counsel’s probe of Russian election interference and Trump’s possible obstruction in the firing of the FBI director.

The United States insisted yesterday it was not turning its back on the world as President Donald Trump prepared to sell his "America

Democrats said on Tuesday they had withdrawn an offer to fund US President Donald Trump's border wall, as tough negotiations over the

A court in the United States yesterday dismissed all felony charges (33 counts) against Bangladesh's deputy consul general in New York, seven months after he was indicted in a case filed by the diplomat’s former domestic help.

Facebook acknowledged Monday that the explosion of social media poses a potential threat to democracy, pledging to tackle the

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions was questioned last week for several hours by investigators probing possible collusion between

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.9 struck off the coast of Alaska early yesterday, prompting tsunami warnings or watches as far

A 15-year-old boy opened fire with a handgun in his high school in western Kentucky yesterday, killing two fellow students and wounding a dozen other youths before being arrested, the state's governor and police said.